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57. One of the most important books ever written..

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:46 PM

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about group dynamics.

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"Are You People Still OK with This Shit? Really?" [View all] babylonsister Jul 29 OP

Moral Authority Given Away... cayugafalls Jul 29 #1

MAGA- Molesting Adolescent Girls Always spike jones Jul 29 #23

How?..................... Lovie777 Jul 29 #2

It comes down to envy and revenge. kerry-is-my-prez Jul 29 #25

They are the very "Christians" that themselves are sexual deviants and hiding it behind religion. Bev54 Jul 29 #34

Yes, I am afraid they are very good with it! displacedvermoter Jul 29 #3

Not ok with this shit and I am a people. twodogsbarking Jul 29 #4

Me too. Gimpyknee Jul 29 #6

Interesting. "You people" is an othering phrase. It means ... Whiskeytide Jul 29 #10

To me, the writer is addressing rethugs, babylonsister Jul 29 #14

Nothing personal or offensive to me just not the phrase I would use. twodogsbarking Jul 29 #24

They just mean "you pukes" obviously Blues Heron Jul 29 #27

To try to understand this, it is worth reading or re-reading 'The True Believer' dedl67 Jul 29 #5

One of the most important books ever written.. Permanut Jul 29 #57

And it is available free online dedl67 Jul 30 #63

Watch fox, it all makes sense. Hieronymus Phact Jul 29 #7

Watch FOX? Dave Id Jul 29 #13

The diary asked questions Hieronymus Phact Jul 29 #21

Problem Is- Mr.Bee Jul 29 #29

Anything for a win, they think it's a football game, and so long as their team wins, they don't care. Meadowoak Jul 29 #8

They hate those of us on the left more than they hate pedophiles chicoescuela Jul 29 #18

Sports indoctrination has done a lot to foster this authoritarian mindset for some. travelingthrulife Jul 29 #19

Or a fake WWE show of millionaire goons acting violently for their money. Justice matters. Jul 29 #44

K&R spanone Jul 29 #9

Well said Maine Abu El Banat Jul 29 #11

It's called "hypocrisy" Ray Bruns Jul 29 #12

Was hit by this same point this morning. It was when a tape replayed djt's promise allegorical oracle Jul 29 #15

They can't be forcibly awakened from their self-imposed stupor Orrex Jul 29 #17

Yes, heard him say that yesterday. Had he actually thought they had been "faking" starvation txwhitedove Jul 29 #38

Crooked pedofelon was never shown the consequences of cutting USAID money Justice matters. Jul 29 #45

He doesn't really care about anyone but himself. In this second stab at power, he appears allegorical oracle Jul 30 #64

They're a cult of ignorant racist fuckheads Orrex Jul 29 #16

Unfortunately, so many of them are young. They won't just die off. travelingthrulife Jul 29 #20

But, "Tan Suit" modrepub Jul 29 #22

How? Abstractartist Jul 29 #26

Must read malaise Jul 29 #28

Yes it maligns wolves to make that comparison. CrispyQ Jul 29 #30

Cults brainwash people to accept their lies and hypocrisy as truth and loyalty. usonian Jul 29 #31

and yet they calll us lbgtq pedios. AllaN01Bear Jul 29 #32

I'm not, but damn if I don't want to scream this at every Republican!!! LymphocyteLover Jul 29 #33

Well, Democratic candidates should memorize it and speak it Justice matters. Jul 29 #46

yes, some do-- my faves like Jasmine Crockett LymphocyteLover Jul 29 #52

Republicans love their country. Grumpy Old Guy Jul 29 #35

Article left out one thing when talking about covid Beachnutt Jul 29 #36

K&R markie Jul 29 #37

This has been the thing since 2016...how friends, colleagues, family...people wiggs Jul 29 #39

Have you ever done something that you shouldn't have.... Escape Jul 29 #40

They don't care. It doesn't matter. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 29 #41

Kick SheltieLover Jul 29 #42

Dead yet? Jean Genie Jul 29 #43

Yup. A lot of people just plain suck. I avoid them. Joinfortmill Jul 29 #47

How? The answer was in the post progressoid Jul 29 #48

Yes. They've brainwashed themselves underpants Jul 29 #51

My hair dresser is a huge trumper mercuryblues Jul 29 #49

My take: It all boils down to a struggle between B.See Jul 29 #50

Your two-cents estimate sounds an awful lot like my two-cents estimate. calimary Jul 29 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author FoggyLake Jul 29 #53

GOP DNA: "An organized hypocrisy." Kid Berwyn Jul 29 #54

It's simple: they believe Democrats are worse. maxsolomon Jul 29 #55

But this is what we are dealing with: Kablooie Jul 29 #56

Spot on Evolve Dammit Jul 29 #58

I didn't understand why everybody didn't see what he was in 2015. My dad taught what Con Men were. I listened, he forgot rickyhall Jul 29 #59

On moral issues, all that they do is to project. mjvpi Jul 29 #60

Three words SleeplessinSoCal Jul 30 #62